Collection: Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite is a hydrous zinc silicate that produces fan-shaped tabular crystals and can take on botryoidal forms. Other times it’s seen as a ”coating” on another rock.
Hemimorphite was first recorded back in 1853 by a man named A. Kenngott, and was named after the crystal morphology of symmetry.
Hemimorphite is believed to have been around since the 18th century and was actually referred to as “Electric Calamine”. Many names were previously assigned to this species, including calamine. Hemimorphite was chosen by the International Mineralogical Association, over calamine, in 1962.
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